Police investigating suspicious driver approaching female students

The Southington Police Department is investigating several instances of a suspicious man approaching female students over the course of the past month.

Police are investigating three separate instances since April 28. Each time the car is different, but the driver description is similar.

In two of the instances, the drive spoke to female high school students and asked them to get into his car. In the third incident, the man followed a female middle school student a short distance, but did not say anything.

According to police, witnesses gave three different vehicle descriptions, a small gold car, a small silver car and a small black car. All three were possibly four-door foreign models.

Witnesses describe a similar suspect. The suspect is described as a black male with a stocky build, clean shaven and having short, dark hair. He is possibly in his later 30s or early 40s and was not wearing glasses.

He was the only occupant in the car each time.

The Southington Police Department and the Board of Education are working very closely in regards to this matter.

Anyone with any information or who sees any suspicious vehicles or asked to contact the Southington police Department at 860-621-0101.